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Belgrade Media Report 19 October 2017

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Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 19 October 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic receives letters from China’s leaders (B92/Tanjug)
• Relations with Iraq traditionally friendly (RTS/Tanjug)
• Uranium from NATO bombs kills Albanians too but they are silent about it (InSerbia/Novosti)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Through Resolution on military neutrality, RS will not allow that any prospective military property in RS is registered on state of B&H (RTRS)
• Neutrality defined by Resolution (Srna)
• Cubrilovic: Our obligation was to secure normal functioning of RS Assembly (RTRS)
• Opposition in RS: Latest decisions of RS Assembly are unacceptable (FTV/TV1)
• Izetbegovic: Resolution is result of anti-Dayton, anti-constitutional policy of leadership of RS (BHT1)
• Crnadak: Resolution will not change anything (Nezavisne)
• Covic about RS Resolution: Everyone has right to their stance on NATO, but BiH will activate MAP in December (klix.ba)
• Inzko: RS Assembly does not have jurisdiction to adopt decisions on joining international organizations (Hayat/N1)
• NATO HQ in Sarajevo: We are not forcing anyone to join us (TV1/Al Jazeera)
• US Embassy: RS Assembly is not competent to adopt decision on military neutrality (TV1)
Montenegro
• Knezevic sentenced to seven months in prison for attacking a policeman (CDM)
• SNP condemns prison sentence to Knezevic (CDM)
fYROM
• Besa and the Alliance for Albanians will run in the second round of elections as a coalition (Meta)
• Gjorchev: OSCE/ODIHR is turning a blind eye for all irregularities (Meta)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Why is China investing heavily in south-east Europe? (BBC)
• Interpol Warns of Jihadists Returning to Bosnia (BIRN)

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Djuric: Ready tomorrow for new court and prosecution in Kosovo north (Tanjug, RTS)

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Serbian side would be ready tomorrow for the creation of a new court and new prosecution with Serb majority in the north of Kosovo, which is a delay of two or three days and therefore Serbia would be ready to fully implement obligations related to the agreement on judiciary, the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo […]

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Fatherland Movement urges Serbs to boycott local elections (Nova srpska politicka misao (NSPM))

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“On the occasion of the upcoming local elections, that are being held under the Constitution and the laws of the separatist authorities in Pristina, National Movement of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija “Fatherland” calls on all Serbs throughout the southern Serbian province to boycott these elections,” reported NSPM. “However, if citizens already succumb to blackmail […]

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President Thaci and Bulgarian FM Zaharieva agree on increasing cooperation (Kosovapress)

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President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, met in Pristina today Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ekaterina Zaharieva, and expressed appreciation for Bulgaria’s continuous support to Kosovo in the state-building process and membership in international organizations. “Bulgaria is Kosovo’s strategic partner,” Thaci said. He said that although Kosovo and Bulgaria enjoy good bilateral relations, “we […]

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Reporters are not safe (Telegrafi)

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The news website reports that the safety of reporters in Kosovo is not a satisfactory level and that law enforcement mechanisms are not efficient enough in protecting reporters and bringing the perpetrators of attacks against reporters to justice. In light of recent attacks, reporters are looking into the possibility of taking own measures for their […]

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Haradinaj condemns Serbia’s “interference” in Kosovo elections (Koha)

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Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, has strongly condemned Serbia’s “interference” in Kosovo local election set to take place this Sunday. In a Facebook post, Haradinaj wrote that such actions are in conflict to the principle of good neighbourly relations and “significantly undermine” the process for normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia. “Good integration […]

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Union of Srpska Lista Women: Support to great and strong women (Kontakt plus radio)

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A working meeting of the Union of Srpska Lista Women was held in Mitrovica North yesterday, and participants said women in this area are very strong and ready to face political circumstances, Kontakt plus radio reported. Jasmina Dedic, the Chair of the Union and a municipal assembly candidate of the Srpska Lista in the forthcoming […]

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New Party: Oliver Ivanovic is face and voice of Serbs in Kosovo, not Vucic and Haradinaj (Blic)

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The New Party (established in 2013 and headed by a former Serbian PM Zoran Zivkovic) called upon Serbs in Kosovo to support the candidacy of the leader of CI SDP, Oliver Ivanovic in the forthcoming Kosovo local elections, Blic daily reported. The party said Oliver Ivanovic “fights for the interests of all Serbs in Kosovo, […]

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PKS: Identity of Marko Jablanovic stolen (KIM Radio)

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Party of Kosovo Serbs (PKS) said today in a response to accusations that Marko Jablanovic was involved in attacks against Srpska Lista activists, that someone had misused falsified identity card of Marko Jablanovic and presented it for identification, KIM Radio reported. In its press statement, PKS addressed the Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic, saying that he […]

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Djuric in Leposavic: No one should fear from bullies (Tanjug, RTS)

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Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric, visited yesterday in the afternoon Leposavic, to get first-hand information on frequent attacks against Srpska Lista activists, involving according to the victims’ testimonies activists of the Party of Kosovo Serbs (PKS) and members of Dragan Jablanovic family, who is a mayoral candidate in Leposavic, Tanjug news agency […]

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Kosovo Serbs denied political freedoms as local elections approach (Pristhina Insight)

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By: Nevena Radosavljevic In northern Kosovo, Srpska Lista dominates the political scene. As local elections are approaching, Kosovo Serbs are being denied freedom of choice and freedom of expression. Just when you might think that it is no longer necessary to talk about freedom of speech and freedom of expression in 21st-century Europe, the Balkans […]

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Kosovo Remains Hot Topic in Albania-Serbia Media (Balkan Insight)

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New research conducted in Tirana and Belgrade shows that while newspapers in both countries have a neutral tone when writing about each other, the tone becomes bitter when the subject turns to Kosovo. Serbia’s former province of Kosovo remains a hot issue between Albania and Serbia, judging by the tone that the media in both […]

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